KYIV, April 18 – Large-scale challenges for the financial system of Ukraine remain; the pressing issue is to ensure rhythmic and predictable military and financial assistance, in particular, receiving $27 billion in this mode by the end of this year, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said at the Fifth Ministerial Roundtable Discussion for Support to Ukraine during Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the IMF in Washington on Wednesday.
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KYIV, Apr 18 – Almost three quarters of Ukrainians (74.3%) support the idea of sending military units of Western allied countries to Ukraine, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Sociological Service of the Razumkov Center on March 21-27 and presented at a press conference hosted by the Interfax-Ukraine News agency in Thursday.
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KYIV, April 18 - By the end of May, Ukraine will be able to export all the remaining grain from the 2023 harvest, which will lead to higher prices on both the domestic and global markets, said the President of the Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA), Mykola Horbachev, at the Black Sea Grain conference in Kyiv on Thursday.
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KYIV, Apr 18 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not rule out that the infrastructure of the Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPP) is under threat of Russian terrorist attacks. In connection with this, the head of state is asking for modern air defense systems for Ukraine.
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KYIV, April 17 - The Ukrainian state must find tools to return large container lines to the seaports of Odesa region: Maersk, MSC, CMA and others, said Oleksiy Yanovsky, director of logistics and procurement of the industrial company Interpipe.
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KYIV, April 17 – Acting Board Chairman of National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom, Petro Kotin, and the President and CEO of Holtec International, Kris Singh, virtually signed an agreement for the production of components for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in Ukraine, as reported by the Ministry of Energy.
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WASHINGTON, April 17 - President Joe Biden said Wednesday he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending crucial bipartisan support to the effort this week to approve $95 billion in funding for the U.S. allies.
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KYIV, April 17 – The Ukrainian energy sector suffered heavy losses due to targeted Russian missile attacks - more than 8 GW, and the risk of subsequent significant losses remains, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
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KYIV, April 17 – Ukrainian sunflower oil producers may have to halt their operations if Russia continues its shelling of Ukraine's energy infrastructure, which is already in a critical state following the spring attacks by Russia, according to the Pusk analytical cooperative, established within the framework of the Ukrainian Agrarian Council (UAC).
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KYIV, April 17 - Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Zaporizhstal has allocated more than UAH 1.2 billion to update production equipment and treatment facilities operating in the complex.
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